Table 3

Summary results from analyses of variance on mosquito life-history traits

(a) Log10 (Age at pupation)

Source

nDF

dDF

F

p

Food (F)

4

5

49.303

< 0.001

Strain (St)

1

19

22.377

< 0.001

Sex (Se)

1

37

34.617

< 0.001

F.St

4

19

0.775

0.555

F.Se

4

37

0.321

0.862

St.Se

1

37

0.308

0.583

F.St.Se

4

37

0.878

0.487

Error

1147

(b) Dry adult weight

Source

nDF

dDF

F

p

Food (F)

4

5

93.459

< 0.001

Strain (St)

1

18

23.994

< 0.001

Sex (Se)

1

37

150.028

< 0.001

F.St

4

18

0.434

0.782

F.Se

4

37

2.230

0.085

St.Se

1

37

0.100

0.753

F.St.Se

4

37

1.172

0.339

Error

1093

(c) Adult longevity

Source

nDF

dDF

F

p

Food (F)

4

5

1.065

0.461

Strain (St)

1

19

0.579

0.456

Sex (Se)

1

37

130.299

< 0.001

F.St

4

19

0.477

0.752

F.Se

4

37

0.486

0.746

St.Se

1

37

1.066

0.309

F.St.Se

4

37

0.889

0.480

Error

1131


nDF = nominator degrees of freedom

dDF = denominator degrees of freedom

Djogbénou et al. Malaria Journal 2010 9:12   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-12

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